Reference no: EM134036336
Assignment:
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Currently none of the company's competitors has a production facility in Latin America. To reach this untapped market, the chief executive officer CEO is considering opening an additional manufacturing facility in Latin America. The operations MANAGEMENT team has been directed to analyze the factors (including global) that need to be considered to the CEO. The team will also need to analyze how a life cycle assessment will help the company reduce its ecological impact including making a case to the CEO that the benefits are worth funding the effort.
? What are the decision making and life cycle assessments to determine opportunities for sustainability in operations?
? What are the location factors that need to be considered?
? What is the expected multicultural collaboration?
? What is the cradle to the grave assessment?
? What is the end of life programs?
? What are the reduction of costs and materials used?
? What are the reuse of parts returned products?
? Recycling?
? What is the overall summary of the methods and sampling analysis?